The character of IagoThere is no doubt in "Othello" as to the role that Shakespeare gave to Iago, he is the villain, master of deception, that he generates the most harm in the room. The intelligent soldier, his incredible acting allows him to be two or three completely different people. Throughout most of the act, the audience constantly tries to find a motive for Iago's actions, but cannot find one that can justify what he is about to do. What seems to come up again and again is his view of women, whom he sees as sexual predators and a danger to his evil plans. Scene 1 gives us a good preview of what Iago is going to do for the rest of the act and ultimately the rest of the play. Our first view of Iago is that of a harsh, deceptive man who says "Sblood" as opposed to "Tush!" » by Roderigo. ", we already see his power of deception when he explains that he is even worse than Roderigo, his furious language: "An almost damned boy in a beautiful woman" manages to convince the intellectual Roderigo who is presented alongside Cassio unlike Iago. They are polite, educated, quite wealthy and cannot imagine that there is anything as evil and aimless as Iago. Iago not only lost his promotion but also his hero in Othello. We sense the irony in “We cannot all be masters, nor can all masters truly be followed” and we see that what Iago says he will do to Othello, he does to Roderigo, he manipulates him. He gets a little carried away in his speech about his hatred of the Moor to the point that some parts are difficult to understand: "If I were a Moor, I would not be Iago", which could mean that if he were a Moor, he wouldn't be. likes to be followed by Iago (himself) so that we see that while he may be exaggerating to justify taking more money from Roderigo, he really hates Othello. We see how much he enjoys playing the role of the villain and we're already wondering why Roderigo doesn't see that Iago doesn't have enough motivation to do what he wants to do to Othello, we're not sure what 'he plans to do but we can say it. involves extreme suffering and possibly death. He also recognizes here that he is not what he seems to be: “I am not what I am” which reinforces the impression we have had of him until now..